begin quote On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 07:21:26 -0600 "MARTINSON, GREGORY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > -=-=-=-=-= > "Why am I in a handbasket and where am I headed?" > Gregg Martinson, RAHS Media > > I am going to be bullheaded and take an old machine Pentium 166 with > 48 Megs of memory and make it work as a home server (samba, cups and > ftp as well as maybe a music player). I won't be installing tons of > software on it, but I do want to eek our every last ounce of > performance from an > old beast. USE="-*" and only enable what you absolutely know you need, thats a good way to cut down on things. Disable "nls" for one, cuts down on diskspace. -Os rather than -O2, don't use "-pipe" (takes more RAM while compiling). distcc if you can, stay away from ccache. You can build for the machine on another machine ( Unpack a stage3, set all variables and start churning out packages inside a chroot ) Start from stage3, get an idea on what apps you want and how USE flags affect them, then rebuild "backwards". Cut down the kernel into as little as possible. HTH, //Spider -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end
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